In 1859, John Carty sent his sixteen year old daughter, Anne, from their impoverished home in Ireland to meet with his brother who had established himself in Oregon. Anne, who was good at holding on to her money, promised her father she would make a home for her brothers and sisters and bring them all out to join her. When she made that promise, Anne could not have known she would come as far as St. Louis and lose touch with her uncle in Oregon, or...